Subfield · Speech and Hearing
Top Countries in Speech and Hearing Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 36 ranked countries.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 100.0 | 15.4% | 7.5k | 29k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 80.7 | 27.3% | 3.1k | 24k | #3 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 69.3 | 17.4% | 2.3k | 10k | #2 |
| 4 | Australia | 61.3 | 25.0% | 969 | 6.1k | #4 |
| 5 | Türkiye | 55.1 | 12.6% | 2.1k | 3.7k | #12 |
| 6 | Italy | 50.0 | 22.6% | 892 | 4.9k | #8 |
| 7 | Canada | 45.7 | 20.3% | 1.1k | 5k | #5 |
| 8 | Spain | 42.0 | 18.5% | 969 | 3.8k | #9 |
| 9 | Germany | 38.7 | 16.7% | 1.2k | 4.7k | #6 |
| 10 | India | 35.7 | 9.8% | 1.7k | 4k | #17 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 33.1 | 24.3% | 455 | 2.8k | #7 |
| 12 | Indonesia | 30.7 | 9.3% | 1.7k | 1.6k | #21 |
| 13 | South Korea | 28.4 | 18.7% | 585 | 3.1k | #18 |
| 14 | Brazil | 26.4 | 5.1% | 2.5k | 2.6k | #14 |
| 15 | Japan | 24.4 | 11.9% | 1.3k | 4.1k | #11 |
| 16 | Iran | 22.6 | 12.0% | 620 | 2.3k | #24 |
| 17 | Sweden | 20.9 | 23.7% | 338 | 1.8k | #10 |
| 18 | France | 19.3 | 10.4% | 896 | 2.3k | #13 |
| 19 | Taiwan | 17.8 | 21.5% | 290 | 1.7k | #26 |
| 20 | Portugal | 16.4 | 10.0% | 605 | 1.2k | #27 |
| 21 | Denmark | 15.0 | 18.1% | 338 | 1.5k | #16 |
| 22 | Norway | 13.7 | 19.9% | 217 | 893 | #20 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 12.5 | 21.5% | 240 | 1.2k | #15 |
| 24 | Malaysia | 11.3 | 13.5% | 383 | 993 | #36 |
| 25 | Poland | 10.2 | 13.2% | 402 | 1.5k | #31 |
| 26 | ?? | 9.1 | 13.1% | 322 | 928 | #34 |
| 27 | Greece | 8.0 | 17.7% | 206 | 823 | #29 |
| 28 | Belgium | 7.0 | 18.4% | 260 | 1.2k | #23 |
| 29 | South Africa | 6.0 | 18.8% | 279 | 895 | #28 |
| 30 | Ireland | 5.1 | 20.8% | 212 | 1k | #30 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 4.2 | 14.7% | 249 | 958 | #38 |
| 32 | Russia | 3.3 | 5.0% | 440 | 484 | #37 |
| 33 | Egypt | 2.4 | 7.4% | 329 | 755 | #43 |
| 34 | Pakistan | 1.6 | 7.1% | 248 | 435 | #42 |
| 35 | Mexico | 78.6 | 5.1% | 253 | 380 | #39 |
| 36 | Nigeria | 0.0 | 6.0% | 257 | 399 | #45 |
countries ranked worldwide in Speech and Hearing (36). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.